Candidate watch: Who is filing in Eastern North Carolina for the 2022 election
A whiplash decision came from the North Carolina Court of Appeals late Monday night by a three-judge panel who denied a lawsuit brought on by the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters.
The court originally ordered a pause in filing for North Carolina's congressional and state legislative seats 20 minutes before the start of the 2022 election filing period due to the suit claiming the state's new redistricting maps were unconstitutional.
With the denial of the suit, potential candidates were free to file beginning Tuesday morning and have done so throughout Eastern North Carolina.
Along with filing for next year's local county and municipal elections, here is the current list of candidates for state offices who have filed as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.
State Senator Jim Perry (R) filed to run for N.C. Senate District 3 (Lenoir, Craven, and Pamlico
NC House Rep. Chris Humphrey (R) filed to run for House District 12 (Jones, Lenoir)
Brent Jackson (R) running for NC Senate District 9 (Jones County)
NC House Rep. Keith Kidwell (R) running for NC House District 79 (Pamlico)
Lenoir County candidates who have filed
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners
J Mac Daughety (R) District 1
Eric S. Rouse (R) District 2
Roland Best (D) District 5
Lenoir County Board of Education
Billy Davis (R) District 1
Keith King (R) District 2
Lenoir County Sheriff
Ronnie Ingram (D)
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This article originally appeared on Kinston/Jones Free Press: Jim Perry, Chris Humphrey file for legislative seats
